Arvind Varma, the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of the School of Chemical Engineering, is the winner of the 2013 AIChE Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering Education.

Professor Pekny has been selected to serve as the interim director designate for Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship.

Assistant Professor Bryan Boudouris was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s 2013 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Participation in the symposium is based on application and rigorous selection process by the organizing committee.

Kristi Anseth (BSChE '92) has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Professor Jim Caruthers, along with Professor Doug Adams (ME) and four graduate students have developed a new technique to improve quality control of lithium-ion batteries.